Recording your favourite television programmes during the Olympics
Post categories: Olympics
| 15:34 UK time, Tuesday, 24 July 2012
A collection of TV remote controls, photographed by Flickr user and used here under the terms of Creative Commons.
With less than one week to go before the Opening Ceremony I wanted to take a few minutes to make sure you understood the details about recording your favourite shows during the London 2012 Olympic Games.
As you will probably know Ö÷²¥´óÐã One will be showing coverage of the Olympics from 6am until midnight. This means that many shows will take a break during the Games but the following ones will move to Ö÷²¥´óÐã Two:
- EastEnders
- Holby City
- Panorama
- Songs of Praise
If your set top box regularly records one or more of these shows for you, you may need to take action to capture them in their new temporary home:
- If you have a Freeview+ or Freesat+ box these should carry on recording your favourite shows even if they move to Ö÷²¥´óÐã Two
- If you have a Sky+ or Virgin Media V+ box then you will need to tell your box to record your shows on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Two. You can do this by simply setting up a new series link for the show when it appears on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Two. You will be able to set up a new recording on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Two for a show seven days before it's due on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Two
- If you have a Virgin Media TiVo box and have setup a 'Wish List' on your TiVo box for a given show then you don't need to do anything else. If you have a normal series link set up, you'll need to create another one for your shows on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Two
After the Olympics have finished, your set-top box should start recording your shows for you again on Ö÷²¥´óÐã One. However, Songs of Praise is expected to be an exception because it will have been off Ö÷²¥´óÐã One for more than 28 days, so you may need to set up a new series link, as described above.
Besides all the Olympics coverage there are extra programes coming up which showcase our sporting heroes both past and present so whilst you are at it, set some recordings for these as well. Personally, I'm particularly looking forward to Bert & Dickie.
Alix Pryde is the director of Ö÷²¥´óÐã Distribution.
The picture used in this post features a collection of television remote controls. and was taken by Flickr user and used here under the terms of Creative Commons.
Comments Post your comment